I would have posted my own piece, but it exceeded the word limit by a bit (about 3 000 words, not much

) so I didn't post anything in the end. I just couldn't edit the story down to 2 000 words since that would have meant cutting...unthinkable amounts of text which could have served the story better, imo. As it was, I still shortened it more than I would have preferred. All in all, congratulations to all those who actually posted something for this competition. I can imagine how you all wrestled with the word limit. Congratulations to Olen for winning and congratulations to all the other seven contenders for writing great stories (considering the word limit). I especially liked Canis' story set in Hammerfell. It just oozed Redguard culture, but it felt a bit too edited.
But, for what it's worth, who was the guy posting the "dude does x, dude meets y" comments? He left me curious due to his...let's say blunt nature. Being blunt can sometimes convey a message better than being courteous, however. In this case, though, it felt too heavy-handed.
Burnt Sierra did tell me, however, when I told him about the word count of my story, that there would be another competition for longer stories. When will that be Burnt? You've made me curious.